Wonder just what's going on here:
Juan Pablo Montoya just joined the very impressive roster of NASCAR free agents, with team owner Chip Ganassi, his boss throughout Montoya's six-plus years on the stock car tour, deciding not to renew his contract for another season.
That means Sprint Cup team owners working the marketplace now have Ryan Newman, Kurt Busch and Montoya to consider.
Montoya is an Indy-car champ, an Indy 500 winner, and a seven-time winner on the Formula 1 tour.
Newman has won the Daytona 500 and Brickyard 400.
Busch won the 2004 NASCAR championship.
Any of the three would be a prize catch.
And if anyone over at Chrysler-Dodge is looking for a re-entry point, this looks like an excellent opportunity.
Montoya, 37, and Ganassi have been inseparable over the years. They were headliners on the Indy-car trail until F1 picked up Montoya. And when Montoya became too jaded with F1 -- amid complaints his driving style was too aggressive -- Ganassi quickly took the opportunity to bring him into NASCAR.
That was late summer 2006.
Montoya fit in well with the stock car bunch. But he's only managed two wins. And lately Montoya has seemed down in the dumps about his mediocre performances.
But is it Montoya or is it the Ganassi operation itself?
Except for Sterling Marlin's impressive 2001 run, and Jamie McMurray's stunning 2010 -- winning the Daytona 500, the Brickyard 400 and the fall Charlotte 500 -- the Ganassi camp hasn't really been that successful.
McMurray's last win was nearly three years ago.
Ganassi has reshuffled his operation over the past two years, switching from Richard Childress engineering to Rick Hendrick engineering, but still without much to show for it. Over his 12-plus seasons on the Cup tour, he has 10 wins: four with Marlin, four with McMurray, two with Montoya.
Sponsor Target has been the anchor for the Montoya-Ganassi team.

A beautiful Sunday at Watkins Glen (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)

Meanwhile, how's NASCAR on TV?
Over the first three weeks of the ESPN/ABC half of the season, it's two ups and one down.
Sunday's Watkins Glen race was down a tick from last summer, pulling a 2.6 rating, compared to 2012's 2.7.
However ESPN says it's TV ratings were up 10 percent two weeks in a row prior, for the 'second half' kickoff Brickyard 400, and for the Pocono 400, and that Kasey Kahne-Jeff Gordon finish.
The top TV market for the sport, in terms of percentage of viewers tuning in, continues to be the Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point market, which has been the sport's leader for years, even overshadowing Charlotte.
ESPN's 2.7 for this year's Glen translates to 4.1 million viewers.
TV broadcasts of the Watkins Glen event have been on the downside for five years now.

I'll say busch stays where he is at. Newman will end up in the 17 at roush but be number 6.Stenhouse back to nationwide.
Larson will end up in the 42 but he is moving up way to early. Almirola will lose his ride in the 43.Crew chief change on the 9 again and jeff gordon will get a new crew chief.Dillion will run a partial schedule in the 3.Mark martin will end up in the 21.dvct5

The past two years have been very disappointing as a fan of Kurt Busch. He hasn't really been in the mix. All of a sudden at Furniture Row Racing he is fast and I can finally brag to my family that my driver is doing better! It's been very rewarding as a fan and I hope that Kurt stays with FRR. He has done amazing things for the people and sponsors at FRR, and by staying with the team, he is a true underdog which will make his wins even more special. What would do him even better would be driving a Dodge. Just imagine how many fans he could attract by being the only Dodge on the track. And anyone who saw pictures of the Dodge Charger "Gen 6" test car knows that it was the best looking!!

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